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O. F SIERIST. REGISTERING MECHANISM. APPLICATION TILED JULY 15,1912.

Patented Mar. 18, 1918.

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Patented Mar. 18, 1918.

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BEG-ISTERIN G MECHANISEI.

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To all whom it may ((HZHHH V Be it known that l, i!I.\Itl,l-1 I. rnnuina'r. a citizon oi the United taiatea. and a re i-' dent of Cleveland. eonnty o't' tuyaho a. and State of tlhio, have invented a new and useful improvement in lteginerinn ideehanisnnol which the following a span-iiicaiion, the. principle of the invention hein z herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying; that principle, so as to distinguieh it from other inventions.

The present invention. relating; an indi- Cated, to registering meelianism. haa more particular regard to the provision of a suitable apparatus for use in registering the actual distanee traveled by elevators or lil ts in buildings, or wherever a reeiproeatinn movement of varying extent and limits as to starting and otopiaiim' points requires to be measured. it a matter of no smal importance in the use of Each elevators. and especially in judging of the wearing ualities of the cables by means or whit-h they are suspended, in the; ease of (able-suapended elevators, to know not merely the number of trips but the aetual \listanee traveled in bQtlrdireetions, viz.. up and down; for the t frps tire not all of the same length, and reversals in direction of travel, for short distances tit least, Frequently occur in the course of a trip.

The object of the present invention i.- to provide an extremely simple but eti'eetive mechanism for registering the total di. tance traveled in the ease of an elevator cage or the like.

Another object is to provide a .seheme ot' 'stering dials oi" the in strument which will permit the ready eoinputation of the distauee traveled in uiil'en Y and fractions thereof.

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To the acoomplislnuent oi the foregoing and related ends, said inventimi, themeonsists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in tho The annexed drawings and the following doscriptionsot forth in detail certain mechanism' embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, hut one of various meohaui'al forms in whieh the principle of the invention may he used.

In said annemd drawings:l igznre a diagrai'nmat-io view illustrating an elevator carriage with my improved registering yecification of Letters Patent.

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Serial No. 709,308.

' 'net-hani.-m hown in operative conneetion therewith, two separate meehauisms being shown divernely arranged. an will he hereinal'ter explained: Fi .1. 1: in a front elevation-.11 view of the unarhanisin on an enlarged scale:

Figs. ii and t zii'e transverse :ttllfillttl views ol .itltl mechanism taken on planes indieated by the lines 3 and T -t. Fig.1. 2: Fig. 5 is a broken longitudinal aeetionalview taken on the line 5 D, Fig. '2: Figs. '1 and T are transverse. seiriional views of a detail taken on planes indicated by the line (3 --t3 and 77, Fig". Figs. R and t) are elevatiimal .views of opposite sides of one of the registering disks; and Fig. 1.0 is a vertieal axial Section of one sueh disk.

'lhe registering mechanism proper is housed in a suitable easing 1 having an elongated opening 2 on its one side, through which portioilb of the peripheries of the aliued reginering or eomputing members 3 may be seen. The meehanism is designed to he aetuated through a aheavo or pulley 4r.

with, and a eord (S or like eahle is hung no as to depend alongside said rage, said eord' being passed onu or more times around the pulley and having a weight T attached to its lower end. so that as the rage in raised and lowered the pulley will be rotated in one or the other direetiou. in the other arrangement. illustrated at the leftin said Fig. l, the easing oi the registering; mechanism is relativelv fixedly supported at point adjacent cage or at the top of the shaft as de- The cord (S which is passed around the pulley 4 as previously is then attaehed at its one end to the rage and is movably sui'iporteil at an intermediate point by a pulley ti loeated at the upper end of the path of travel of mg weighted as before. ,v

'lhe shat-t upon which the pulley or sheave is mounted comprises, as shown in- Fig. 5,.

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(an-responding pinion 12 any suitahlo to the path of travel of the the eage,-its free end he'- ties i3 and is teengage notches lewd i6 in the ad acent perilous of the inner and outefspindles, respectively, shown in 6 end 7. These plungei's and notches constitute clutch means, the dis-c p ,sition of the notches being such that Upon rotation of the pulley in one direction the inner sheila or spindle is i'otsted therewith, While upon rotation in the opposite direcouter spindle is i'oteted'; time one My other spindle will be rotated irr'e vsnect-iiw of direction travel oftlie ultimate source moveflne registering oicomputingnuin'beisjii, of which nine shown, although the num-.

e, loosely rotatable disposed alongside ncnns driven from me pinion 12 on die thei 1 end of the fisst spindle through en idle and a on t ne adjecentfend of, the l7, see and Q, lilac l1 of these computing Illifllllifilo is "of sin1i'lmrQconstruotien, co i oi a disk-like pert having; ten lly disposed apertures 21 in which mounted plnngers normally urged crdly by springs 23 into engagement i an annular retaining piste, 24 that tonne the periphery, of ch member, (Figs. 9 and. l),v This i te also bears the designations or numerals which indiceie the distance trowel-ed by the cage connected with the Eli ienism. plunger carries :2 pin that is guided in redial. slots in open communication with lIll7.QS 2:i:-

pins exceeding sliort lieyond corresponding feces of the sks, namely, those directed to right in rig, 5. Each disk, insni imore, lies, adjacent to one of the ots on the side oi the disk beyond which e pins de not extend, a which is *osed as to be adopted ,t pin on in "the n nt disk, pro viding' such plunger be pressed radially inward e suiiicient distance; normally, liowever, the plungers' ei'e'in their outermost po sition'in which the pins are clear of such engsgen'ient. The gear 18 at the right hand side of the shaft in Fig". is likewise pro-' vided with e lug 28 similarly disposed to b lie thereon into position to be engaged lay the on the ad acent CllSl-IS 1S obtained through the medium of a cam 01' incline29 extending parallel with the coinmen axis oi the disks (Fig. Such com is of e width equal to the circumferential distance between three plungers, and save at its lower edge (which is beveled) it is curved to conform to the periphery ofthe disks, Accordingly, as shown in the figure justrefei'icd to, when one plunger has just passed beyond said cem the plunger once removed therefrom isjustat the lower beveled edge thereof, While the intermediate plunger is half Wey between these two points and pressed inwardly into a positionwhere the'pin carried thereby will be engaged by the lug on the adjacent disk or gear as the case may be. The effect of such engagement the disk Whose plunger pin is thus engaged, said pin thereupon escaping; from engage -ment as the" plunger moves beyond the the cam, While the 'Pli on the next :tollowing plunger is dispose'd readyto be engaged when the lug on the actuating disk or gear comes around egain;

By season of the arrangement of gearing for connectingtheect'unting pulley with the respective ends of the shaft upon which the computing membersaresuppoitcd, it will 'be seen tlmtseid shaft is rotated in the some direction, no matter "What the direction of rotational: the pulley may be, and such rotation results in the ectuetionofthe successive disks by reason-of the engagement of the lug on the'geer with the plunger pins on the first disk, and the engagement of the lugs on said first and the succeeding disks with the plunger pins on the next adjacent disk.

While quite sinfi ole and compact, the fore.- going mechanism admirably suited to its purpose and can be "readily installed-inconnection Witheny form of elevator cage.

Since the elevator service is conveniently '-registered in miles, I have adopted the following scheme of designations for the registering members, viz, on the first I mark the feet as follows :65.28-.l0.56-15.84 f2(i.4= '3l.68 36.9% 42.2-ie-4T52. The designations on the corresponding spaces of the next two disks will be the same on tliefii'st, but multiplied by and 100, respectiv ly. The readings on the fourth disk theii become miles, the designations on said disk bein simply 012-3.4- 5.6-'7-'8-9. ccordingly, the readings may be taken'directly in miles and feet.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being mede as regeids the mechanism herein disclosed provided tlie means stated eftne following claims or the equi'vs ent oi such stated means be employed;

will be to impart one-tenth of a, rotation to dies, one within the the gear adjacent to noecnco l therefore particularly point out and dis tinctly claim as my inveniion '1. In mechanism of the character. described, the combination of e shaft; :1 series or registering members rotatably mounted thereon; means on said 'shuitadapted to actuate the first of said series of members,

' each member being adapted in turn to actuate the next succeeding member; two spinother disposed parallel witlrrssid shaft; gearing connections between said shaft and spindles arranged and constructed to turn the shaft in the some direction when said spindles are rotated in opposite directions, respectively; n rotatable driving member; and clutch means adapted to operatively connect. said driving member with seidspindles, respectiiicly, upon said member being rotated in opposite directions.

2. in mechanism. of the character scribed, the combination of s shaft; a series of registering members rotatably mounted thereon; gears fixedly mounted on said shaft at opposite ends of said series of members, the first member being adapted to actuate the some and each mem' her being adopted inturn to actuate the next succeeding membergltwo spindles, one within the other disposed parallel. with said shaft; a pinion on each of said spindles, the

shaft; a rotatable driving member;

pinion on the outer spindle directly meshing with the actuating gear on said shaft; an idler gear connecting the pinion on the inner sp' die with the other gear on saig an clutch means adapted to operetively connect said driving member with said spindles, re spectively, upon said member being rotated in opposite directions.

3. In mechanism of the character described, the combination of s shaft; u series offregistering members rotstebly mounted thereon, each of said members including a corresponding series of radially disposed plungers adopted to project beyond the pethe same when said plunger is riphery of the member, and means normz lly retaining said plungers in such pro ect ng position, a plunger on one member being adapted to engage the next member to rotate pressed radially inward; and means adapted to thus press inwardly the successive plungers on each member as said member is rotated.

i. In mechanism of the character described, the combination of a shaft; a series of registering members rotetably mounted thereon, each of said members includlng n corresponding series of radially disposed plungers Adapted to project beyond the pcriphery of the member; means normally rel l l l g mining said plungers in such projecting position, a lugon correspondingly directed faces of said members, and pins on the pluugers of each. member, said pins projecting laterally from the faces of said members directed oppositely to those with the lugs and being respectively adapted to engage the letter when the plungerbeering the some is pressed radially inward; and means adapted to thus press inwardly the successive plungers in each member as seidmember is rotated.

5. in mechanism of the character described, the combination of a shaft; a series of registering members rotatably mounted thereor each of said members including a corresponding series of radially disposed plungers adapted to project.- bcyond the periphery of the member; means normally retanning said plungers in such projecting p0 sition, :1 lug on correspondingly directed faces of said members, and pins on the plungers of each member, said pins projecting laterally from the faces of said members directed oppositely to those with the lugs and being respectively adapted to engage the letter when the plunger bearing the some is pressed radially inward; and a cum disposed longitudinally of said series of members and adapted to engage the outer ends of successive plungers on each member and press the latter inwardly said member is rotated.

6. In mechanism of the character described, the combination of a. shaft; a series of registering members rotatably mounted thereon, each of said members including a corresponding series of radially disposed plungers adapted to project beyond the periphery oi the member; means normally retaining said plungers in such projecting position, s lug on correspondingly directed feces of said members, and pins on the plungers of each member, said pins projecting laterally from the faces of said members directed oppositely to those with the lugs and being respectively adapted to engage the letter when the plunger bearing the some is pressed radially inward; and a cam disposed longitudinally of said series of members and adapted to engage the outer ends of successive plungers on eachinember and press the latter inwardly as said memher is rotated, said cam having a width equal to the circumferential space between three plungcrso Signed by me this 12 day of July, 1919,. I CHARLES F. SlEGRl ST, Attested by Horn ion B. FAY, D. 'l. DAVIES. 

